8.14. Scale selection
8.14.1. What the Scales do
The MiniBrute 2S pads give you the ability to assign one of eight input scales to the pads
and the Step encoders: seven preset scales and one you can customize yourself (the User
scale). A scale is a sort of ‘filter’ that will help you to hear only the notes you want to hear in
your pattern or your arpeggio.
Here's what the Scale feature does:
• It affects the notes you hear being played back. It's quantizing the
pitch
of the
events instead of their timing, forcing them to be played back within a certain
framework of notes.
• You can switch from one scale to the next to hear how the different scales affect
the music without altering the original notes that were played on the pads. In
other words, changing the scale setting is an act that is reversible; you can
always reselect the original scale.
• A scale changes the notes that are available on the pads, which in turn affects
the notes that will be used by the Arpeggiator. As a result, the chosen scale also
affects the notes being played by an arpeggio in Hold mode.
• A scale also gives the Step encoders a specific outline of notes to follow as
they are turned. So rather than always altering the pitch chromatically, you have
the option to specify a different musical scale. This is useful when you want
to change the pitch of one or more sequence steps during playback: select the
Scale that matches the song and no matter what, you’ll never select a wrong
note.
• There's a definable User scale that can be constructed
or the
. It can have anywhere from 1 to 12 notes per octave.
Here's what the Scale feature
does not do:
• It doesn't change the original notes that were input to the sequence steps using
the pads. If you entered C D E F G into the sequence, the MiniBrute 2S will
remember those notes. If you select the Minor Scale afterward, you'll hear C D
Eb F G during playback instead of C D E F G. But you can always switch back to
the original notes by selecting the Chromatic scale.
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: When the original pitch of the pad is not available within the selected scale, the next lowest pitch
in the scale will be played instead. For example: If the scale contains C, D, and E, but the sequencer
needs to play a D#, it will play a D at that step instead. The result will be C, D, and D.
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